Is Scotland’s relationship with Westminster about to go nuclear?
Ed Jacobs looks at whether the next row to erupt between Westminster and Holyrood will be over the future of the UK nuclear deterrent.
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Labour’s Scottish failure: The lessons must be learnt
Matthew Pitt reports from Glasgow on the aftermath of Labour’s disastrous showing in the Scottish elections, and outlines the lessons that must be learnt.
The five steps to Scottish independence
Professor Robert Hazell, director of the Constitution Unit at the School of Public Policy, University College London, outlines the five steps to Scottish independence.
Vote 2011: Bad for Clegg, better for Cameron, OK for Miliband
Shamik Das summarises the state of play in the English local elections, and the Northern Ireland, Scottish and Welsh devolved elections, and looks ahead to the AV referendum result.
Vote 2011: The sustainable transport challenges in NI, Scotland & Wales
Left Foot Forward’s Eleanor Besley, a policy advisor at Sustrans, outlines the sustainable transport measures the devolved administrations should take.
Vote 2011: Scottish Labour needs to find out what it’s for
The only positive for Labour in Scotland is that the shock of the results may spur party reform. For years, the problems of Scots Labour have been known.
Vote 2011: Labour campaign diary
Labour activist Shelly Asquith continues Left Foot Forward’s dispatches from the front; the campaign diaries of party activists on the election trail.
Is a vote for the Scottish Lib Dems a vote for independence?
Will Lib Dems compromise on the issue of Scottish independence for the sake of cutting a deal for power; the issue hots up the Scottish elections, Ed Jacobs.
Vote 2011: SNP outline vision “for a better Scotland”
First minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, writes exclusively for Left Foot Forward on the Scottish National Party’s vision “for a better Scotland”.
Vote 2011 – Could Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland swing AV vote?
Ed Jacobs looks at the likely impact the votes of Scots, Welsh and North Irish voters are likely to have on the referendum on the Alternative Vote on May 5th.